Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
| 2 | The large increase in coastal shipping after 1760 was built on a transport facility which had already proved itself over a long period among the most valuable of the country 's natural assets . |
| 3 | I think the other possibility to take Stella 's point is that if there is a change that 's come up because of an audit , where a particular job has been audited and you know that within the next week or so another similar job is being audited , it may make sense to refer it 'til the next meeting , providing you 're not deferring it for a long period of time , to compar the results of the two jobs . |
| 4 | well you 've got to snip it first , have n't you , you 've got to fucking snip it with the long hairs first , the old cut throat . |
| 5 | I am sure that your council will understand that the company can not commit itself to the long term investment programme , or expose itself to the commercial risks involved in the project , unless the facilities can be planned in a climate of security . |
| 6 | She did not share Baldwin 's intellectual or aesthetic tastes , and she did not accompany him on the long walks which were a staple part of his recreation in Worcestershire or at Aix . |
| 7 | Joe Reynolds and Amy Winship might just find themselves with a long weekend ! ’ |
| 8 | sha n't want 'em for a long while |
| 9 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
| 10 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 11 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |
| 12 | Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 13 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 14 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
| 15 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
| 16 | ‘ I have n't seen you in a long time . ’ |
| 17 | I have n't seen you in a long time . |
| 18 | I only brought that one down because we have n't seen it for a long time , just choose one |
| 19 | Her voice sounded rusty , as if she had n't used it for a long time . |
| 20 | He used to have a bottle of whisky a week but he do n't have any now he ai n't had it for a long time has he ? |
| 21 | She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time . |
| 22 | I did n't want Mary to go because I thought I would n't see her for a long time , and I ran over to her and pleaded . |
| 23 | I wo n't marry anyone for a long time . |
| 24 | And if someone writes in another language , you wo n't get it for a long time . |
| 25 | It does n't hit you for a long time what you have achieved . |
| 26 | I know we 're all very upset by what 's happened here , but damaging your career now wo n't help you in the long run . ’ |
| 27 | We do n't say nothing for a long time . |
| 28 | Then amuse yourself in the long autumn evenings , ’ said Thorfinn , ‘ working out what bargain he made with them before he came north . |
| 29 | We anxiously resigned ourselves to a long wait , and as the weeks passed we gradually got to know the handful of long-term foreign residents in the town , all of them eccentric survivors from days of former glory . |
| 30 | She mentally steeled herself for the long evening ahead , but , as it turned out , it was n't nearly as long as she had anticipated because towards the end of the evening she heard a sharp knocking on the door , and opened it to find André standing outside , a huge bunch of flowers in his arms . |